#HotTakes | Week of 07.07.25
Featuring: The Hives, Weakened Friends, mei ehara, Neko Case, Jesse Welles, Spaceface, Jared Dustin Griffin, The Thing, Big Thief, Low Girl, Paul McDonald
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#HotTakes | Week of 06.02.25
Featuring: The Hilken Mancini Band, Mo Lowda & the Humble, Jonah Tolchin and Asher Roth, Ali McGuirk (ft. Dwight & Nicole), T. Hardy Morris, Big Thief, King Princess, Ganser, Curtis Harding, Molly Tuttle, McKinley Dixon, S.G. Goodman, Luke Tyler Shelton, Poi Rogers and more!
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#HotTakes | Week of 09.11.23
Songs we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. “Gift” – Live from Stereo Jack’s // Jeremy Moses Curtis Young // Mick Flannery Sweet Pea // Lila Blue About America // The Wandering Hearts Born For Loving You // Big Thief Sugar // Cherry Glazerr Lexicon // Vagabon Big Air // Office Dog Cousin // Wilco
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Best of 2021 | Steve
This year has been something. Again. Thankfully, we saw the return of live music, albeit in a limited fashion. If this whole mess—and the tenuousness of not only every show but my comfort with attending those shows—has taught me anything, its that for far too long we as
#HotTakes | Week of 12.13.21
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Second Nature // Bon Iver Spud Infinity // Big Thief Aka Chosen // Natalia M. King How Do Ya Feel // Boulevards I’m Not Okay (I Promise) // Viana Shine // The Ballroom Thieves Quarter 2 // Ethan Burns
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#HotTakes | Week of 10.04.21
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Your Love’s Working Me to the Bone // Phillip-Michael Scales Not Ready Yet // Jamie McDell Where is Everyone? // Lunar Vacation The Last Dance // St. Paul & The Broken Bones Amateur // L.A. PEACH L.A. PEACH · Amateur
#HotTakes | Week of 09.30.2019
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Just The Way // that dog. Forgotten Eyes // Big Thief Upcoming Boston Area Show: Sunday, October 13th @ Wilbur Theatre Devotion // Liza Anne Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, November 15th @ Great Scott Greek // Super City I Can’t Wait
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#HotTakes | Week of 04.29.2019
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Student Housing // Truth Club Upcoming Boston Area Show: Saturday, June 8th @ Townsend House Give Me // Sego Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, May 10th @ Brighton Music Hall Marigolds // Kishi Bashi Vacation with Bond in south of France part
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#HotTakes | Week of 02.25.2019
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Lincoln // Damien Jurado Upcoming Boston Area Show: Tuesday, May 14th @ Great Scott Everything I Like // The Suitcase Junket Upcoming Boston Area Show: Friday, April 5th @ The Sinclair UFOF // Big Thief Upcoming Boston Area Show: Sunday, October 3rd
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Mixtape | April 2017
Another fantastic month of new music, and it was quite a feat just to get this down to 40 songs. Let us know what we missed, or what you like in the comments below.
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Hot Takes | Week of 04.03.17
Songs that we think you should hear without all the pomp and circumstance. Tennessee River Runs Low // The Secret Sisters We Are Doing Fine // Major And The Monbacks Engine Trouble // The Last Revel Band Nightlights I // Nana Grizol Saint Ivy // Beach Fossils Mythological Beauty // Big Thief Let The Rain Come
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New Music | Big Thief - Real Love
Something pretty awesome is going on around this debut record from Big Thief. “Real Love,” starts as this quiet, pensive folk-tinged rock song that blows up into full blow rock arrangements that you’ll instantly fall in love with. Put perfectly by Billy Mitchel, “Pop meets hardcore, with an angel